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Thursday, 21 July 2011

Blue Steel!

It's been a wee while since I could do a post like this! A couple of weeks ago, I travelled down to the Sussex coast to do a shoot with my friend, photographer Tobias Key. It was for absolutely no reason at all - just for fun and to get some new pictures for our portfolios, but also to get back in, as cooler people than me might say, the Game.

It was surprisingly difficult! While I can most definitely still pull a pose out of the bag in candid photos, I was somewhat lacking in confidence when it was just me, Toby and the camera. I think this is something that will return, the more photos I do. I intend to do more modelling on a fairly regular basis, and if you're a photographer and would like to work with me, please do get in touch!

Anyway, here they are. Let me know what you think!

These were the first photos taken... around 4 hour after we tried to start. Torrential rain followed by a flat car battery completely scuppered our first location and somewhat put the dampeners on my hair (pun intended). I'm in my trusty Matalan playsuit which looks perfectly pinup. High street fashion win!

PS. Speaking of Frida and of West Wittering, what I didn't realise when I did these pictures was that a new exhibition of her work, along with that of Diego Rivera, has newly opened in a gallery just a stone's throw away! As a huge fan, I'll be coming back to visit the Pallant House Gallery very soon, that's for sure.

Love the photos!!!! Especially with the colourfull wall. I think the problem with modelling is that the more one does, the more publication one has it gets harder to get shootings on the level and one does not want to go far below the level already reached. At least this is my problem. I would love to do more modelling, too, but as the air is getting thinner and thinner the further one gets there are less and less suitable photographers to work with. You found a great one for your new photos!

You have such a fantastic look - I hope you keep having fun in front of the camera. The first photo in the wave is my favourite of the lot. It honestly looks like it could be a snapshot from a seaside holiday in the distant past. It's fantastic!

The ability to pose is vastly underrated - you do it so well, too. I've mentioned to Pete (Mr Robot) that you're looking for photographers; he's done a bit of stuff for magazines but needs more model experience.

Beautiful photos, the first and last one are my favorites! Do check out the exhibition! I saw it her work a few years ago in San Francisco when the SFMOMA had an exhibit. She is one of my favorite painters, expressing her pain so vividly. Love the look your sporting!

The photos are marvelous! I'm a amateur photographer here from the US, not of modeling shoot caliber, but I can hope! :) Also, I'm curious as to how you pin up your hair as it is in the last couple of photos. I've been wondering about this since I began following your blog, actually.

The pictures are great! I would get together with you as a photographer but I just don't have the time but you seem like you'd be on my wavelength so perhaps in years to come! Love the one in the long grass! I'm obsessed with those kinda bangles!!! And your comment 'This vintage gypsy look' made me smile because I'm totally indulging in that too :) Have a great week! And totally keep modeling, your wonderful! x

The top one in black and white is one of the best I've seen of you. Your personality seems to shine in it! (although this seems a slightly weird thing to say seeing as I only read your blog and don't actually know you!)

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